Elizabeth Dawe raises money for Boston Children's Hospital through the sale of her Elizabear Headbands. Born with a heart condition that requires regular check-ins with her medical team, Elizabeth donates every penny raised to give back to those who care for her and other children.
Team Elizabear Continues to Inspire
By Molly, Grade 9, Canton, MA
By Molly, Grade 9, Canton, MA
QUINCY– In the Merrymount region of the city which produced two U.S. Presidents, lives a girl who is inspiring hundreds to pay it forward.
12-year-old Elizabeth Dawe was born with a condition called Aortic Stenosis, which means that her heart's aortic valve was very narrow when she was born. Since she was a baby, Elizabeth has been going to see a team of doctors at Boston Children’s Hospital and has undergone several open heart surgeries.
Giving back since the age of 1, Elizabeth and her family have organized Team Elizabear for the hospital’s annual Eversource Walk for Boston Children’s Hospital: “I want people in hospitals to get out,” Elizabeth told Annika, a Miller Academy journalist, in an interview in March of 2018. That drive encouraged Elizabeth’s parents to build her a lemonade stand when she was only 3 years old. Her mother carted the stand to soccer fields and playgrounds, helping to raise money.
Fast forward five years! As a third grader, Elizabeth was inspired by her mother who had come home from a sewing class with a headband. Begging her mother to teach her how to sew them, Elizabear Headbands soon took off: “For a kid her age to be able to launch something that quickly with so much passion is crazy,” William, a local 12-year-old reflected. The name pays homage to her sister's childhood nickname for Elizabeth.
Selling her headbands for $1 each at the Merrymount Elementary school holiday fair, Elizabeth was able to make hundreds of dollars. That’s when Elizabeth’s mom had an idea: “Sell your headbands on Facebook!” she suggested to her daughter. So Elizabeth put her headbands on Facebook and she had over five hundred orders within six hours of the post. With an assembly line of people, Elizabeth and her friends and family were able to ship all the orders by Super Bowl Sunday (2018). “The drive that this girl has at such a young age is truly inspiring. I know she will do a lot of good in the world in the future,” Summer, a local 14-year-old, added.
Today, Elizabeth continues to raise money for Boston Children’s Hospital, raising over $7,000 just last month, and encourages people to give to the hospitals so every kid can go home.
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12-year-old Elizabeth Dawe was born with a condition called Aortic Stenosis, which means that her heart's aortic valve was very narrow when she was born. Since she was a baby, Elizabeth has been going to see a team of doctors at Boston Children’s Hospital and has undergone several open heart surgeries.
Giving back since the age of 1, Elizabeth and her family have organized Team Elizabear for the hospital’s annual Eversource Walk for Boston Children’s Hospital: “I want people in hospitals to get out,” Elizabeth told Annika, a Miller Academy journalist, in an interview in March of 2018. That drive encouraged Elizabeth’s parents to build her a lemonade stand when she was only 3 years old. Her mother carted the stand to soccer fields and playgrounds, helping to raise money.
Fast forward five years! As a third grader, Elizabeth was inspired by her mother who had come home from a sewing class with a headband. Begging her mother to teach her how to sew them, Elizabear Headbands soon took off: “For a kid her age to be able to launch something that quickly with so much passion is crazy,” William, a local 12-year-old reflected. The name pays homage to her sister's childhood nickname for Elizabeth.
Selling her headbands for $1 each at the Merrymount Elementary school holiday fair, Elizabeth was able to make hundreds of dollars. That’s when Elizabeth’s mom had an idea: “Sell your headbands on Facebook!” she suggested to her daughter. So Elizabeth put her headbands on Facebook and she had over five hundred orders within six hours of the post. With an assembly line of people, Elizabeth and her friends and family were able to ship all the orders by Super Bowl Sunday (2018). “The drive that this girl has at such a young age is truly inspiring. I know she will do a lot of good in the world in the future,” Summer, a local 14-year-old, added.
Today, Elizabeth continues to raise money for Boston Children’s Hospital, raising over $7,000 just last month, and encourages people to give to the hospitals so every kid can go home.
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